Paul Feig might direct Ghostbusters 3, which might focus on an all-female team

August 4, 2014 6:21 AM

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“1984,” the finale for what’s looking like Halt And Catch Fire’s only season (if the ratings are any indication), decides what’s needed is a big finish. Except that the show’s incremental improvement over its last few episodes has been due to its scrupulous avoidance of the sort of showy, would-be show-stopping big scenes that made much of its first half so downright silly.

After a promising pilot followed by a run of alternately humdrum and ludicrous episodes, the latter half of the season has seen the show get better without ever getting very good. The last four episodes’ bump in quality have derived much of their effectiveness from their focus on the inherently comp...